Strange and rare is the newes whiche of late I had knowledge of , being written in the French toonge and sent to a Marchant of London from Roane in Normandye within the dominions of the french Kinge , the which good readers , I coulde not ( hauing leasurable time ) but transtate out of french● into english & is not muche vnlike the late horrible murther committed by a yong woman , as by bookes therof lately set out it doth appeare : And plainely to declare the foresaid murther , it happened of late at a place called Hector neere vnto Roane in Normandy , which is in the dominions of the french Kinge , that a yong man of the age of too or three and twenty yeres , being maried & keeping house , & bearing malice in his mind & indignation in his hart , against a neighboure of his , who kept as it were a vitling house or Tauerne , where in he had wine to sel , according to the maner of the countrey , betwene whom there ought to haue remained neighborly loue and frendship , but this yoong man forgetting that , and the commaundements of God also , where it is said , Loue thy neighbour as thy selfe , & do vnto al men as thou wouldst be done vnto , yea and also vtterly forgetting a further saying which is , he that striketh with the sword shall perish by the same , & also forgetting a further commandement whiche is , Thou shalt not kill . For S. Paule saithe no murtherer shall inherite the kingdom of heuen , by which ouersight and forgetfulnes of this yong man , he being tempted & earnestly bent to iniury his neighbour , & to reuenge some secret hatred , which hee bare towardes him and his , & pondering manye times with himselfe , how to bring this his euill purpose to an end , he being wholly minded to accomplishe the same , went vpon twelfe day last past , earlye in the morning , leauing his wife in bed , and so put in practise his euill intent , and resorting to his neighbours house , and knocking at the dore , his honest neighbor then thinking no hurt receiued him into his house , where he saide , neighbor draw me a pint of wine , who at his request called presently to his wife , willing her to go draw a pint of wine , and bring it to this our neighbor , this woman obeying her husbands commaundement , toke the pot , & went into the seller or caue , & this euill man remaining in the meane timealone , in the company of her husband , hauing a hatchet vnder his arme , sodenly toke the same hatchet & therewithall cleaued this Tauerners head as it were in twaine , the Tauerner● killed . in such maner & sort , that he neuer spake nor styrred against him : And that done sodenly entred into the seller , his wif● killed . running most furiusly to the woman who was drawing the wine , & there did the like murther vpon her , and from thence , departing vp againe , 〈◇〉 childe ●●●led . finding their little childe in his way , toke the same and killed it also . And thus hauing accomplished his wicked desire , he could not ther withal be content but yet for a further reuengement , to asswage the mallice of his stomacke , he toke fire and kindled the same , in such sort that he burned the house of that his destroied neighbor , & so leauing it in flame and burning , returned back to his own house , bearing a sober countenance & making semblance of an honest man , returned again in bed to his wife , who knew nothing therof , but almighty God who is the reuenger of all iniuries , & that will not suffer such vnwonted murthers to escape vnpunished the selfe same daye that this wicked deede was done , he being suspected by the officers therabouts , was by authority of Iustice presently apprehended , & there in the presence of them all confessed the fact , and from thence was conueied to Roane , there to receaue such condinge punishment , as he deserued for the same . And there remaining in prison till now of late at an assembly of Iudges & Iustices was found guilty , his punishme●● & by law was condempned to do penance with torch in hand to be more remarked & known & after that to bee trayned or drawne on the earth to the place of execution , whiche was appointed in an ordinarye place called the old market in Roane , & there to be executed to the example of all others , & to be a right terror & feare to all the beholders , & so in presence of them all being bound vnto the place of execution , he with nippers and pincers whot & sharp , a fearef●● & terrib●● death . was there pinched & nipped by little & little & so one part of the flesh torne from the other , with the fore saide pincers & nippers red & glowing whot , aswel on the buttocks & brests , as armes & other places . his ioin●● broken . And after that tormentingly was handled and laide on the wheele , and there head his ioints seuerally broken , & so ended his lyfe for a final punishment of so heinus a deed . By which most cruell murther , & rare punishment ( although worthy , ) let all English people haue before their eyes , with the example late done , beseeching God to conuert and turne the wicked harts of all such euill disposed persons , as shall any way haue the lyke practise in minde , and not to be forgetfull of the commaundements before rehearsed , & that withall wee maye haue in minde , that good saying , what so euer thou takest in hand remember the end , and thou shalte neuer doe amisse , And so fare you well in Christ . 1586.